We’ve long known that some diseases run in families, but in only the last few decades, have we been able to identify specific genes that may pre-dispose someone to a specific illness. What to do with that kind of information remains a very personal question, raising new issues about not only choice, but how we talk about those decisions.

More than 7,000 students were at John Paul Jones Arena this weekend – collecting a diploma from the University of Virginia. Among them, Dallas Ducar who had two previous degrees from UVA. This one was especially meaningful – marking an academic and personal triumph.